Punjabi House

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Punjabi House

VCD cover
Directed by Rafi Mecartin
Produced by New Saga Films
Written by Rafi Mecartin
Starring Dileep
Mohini
Cochin Hanifa
Harisree Asokan
Lal
Janardanan
Neena Kurup
Music by Suresh Peters
Cinematography Anandakuttan
Editing by Harihara Puthran
Distributed by New Saga Films
Release dates
  • September 4, 1998 (1998-09-04)
as a grand Onam release.
Running time 200 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Punjabi House (Malayalam: പഞ്ചാബി ഹൌസ്) is a 1998 Malayalam comedy musical film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, starring Dileep, Mohini, Lal, Cochin Hanifa, Harisree Asokan, Neena Kurup, and Janardanan. The music was composed by Suresh Peters, making his debut as a film composer. The film was released as a grand Onam release on the day of Thiruvonam.

The film was remade by Priyadarshan in Bollywood as Chup Chup Ke in 2006, starring Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, and Sunil Shetty.

The Hindu reported in April 2011 that Rafi Mecartin would script and direct a sequel to Punjabi House.[1]

Plot

Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that they will not understand the truth.

Gangadharan has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He asks Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. There Unni meets a Punjabi girl named Pooja (Mohini), who is partially deaf and completely mute. They fall in love and decide to get married. Unni's family finds out that he is not dead and they come to see him with his old girlfriend Sujatha (Jomol), who allows Unni to marry Pooja.

Cast

Critical reception

This film was released on September 4, 1998, as an Onam release, along with six other major releases. Harikrishnans, which featured Mohanlal and Mammootty in their first appearance together for seven years, and Summer in Bethlehem, with Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Manju Warrier and Mohanlal, were the most eagerly awaited releases, but Punjabi House became a blockbuster in the first week alone, with a gross of more than 4 crores. It ran for 200 days and became the third-largest hit of 1998, following Harikrishnans and Summer in Bethlehem. It grossed 10 crores in total.[citation needed]

Soundtrack

The film includes the following songs written by Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by Suresh Peters.

Dialogues

For the dialogues in written form visit the link http://ml.wikiquote.org/wiki/പഞ്ചാബി_ഹൌസ്

Remakes

  • Punjabi House was remade in Hindi as Chup Chup Ke,directed by Priyadarshan.
  • Punjabi House was remade in Telugu as Maa Balaji, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.
  • Punjabi House was remade in Kannada as Punjabi Dhaba.

References

  1. George, Vijay (15 April 2011). "Dual treat for Vishu". The Hindu. 

External links

Punjabi House at the Internet Movie Database

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